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A Fierce, Wild Joy

Author : Edward Jesup Wood
Publisher : Voices of the Civil War
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Fierce, Wild Joy written by Edward Jesup Wood and published by Voices of the Civil War. This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninety letters in this collection document the Civil War career of Col. Edward Jesup Wood, an officer of the 48th Indiana. Evocative and rich in detail, A Fierce, Wild Joy offers a view of the war from an officer's perspective and provides important insights into the day-to-day administration of a Civil War regiment. Wood was born in Florida to a Connecticut father and slave-owning mother, and orphaned in early youth. He was raised in New England to be an abolitionist, and at the age of fifteen he entered Dartmouth College. His military career began in 1861, and over the course of the war Wood's regiment participated in several key battles and campaigns, including Corinth, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and the March to the Sea. Thoughtful, intelligent, and articulate, Wood was a keen observer of details during his time in the Western Theater. His letters vividly bring the war to life as he describes the events of some of its most important campaigns. His change in perspective over time is evident: readers will witness Wood's naïve optimism for a quick and sure victory transform to dawning realization about the long haul and horrors of war. Readers will appreciate Wood's broad view of the military campaign, political exigencies surrounding the war, and the effects of war on both North and South. A stark reminder of the war's costs are emphasized by Wood's later tragic life. He returned home and committed suicide before his fortieth birthday. A Fierce, Wild Joy includes biographical essays that put Wood in context and aptly remind readers that many who served in the war did not go home to peace and happiness. Stephen E. Towne is assistant university archivist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. His articles have appeared in Indiana Magazine of History, Journalism History, and Civil War History.

Jimsy

Author : Leona Dalrymple
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Jimsy written by Leona Dalrymple and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1915 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His name was Jimsy and he took it for granted that you liked him. That made things difficult from the very start-that and the fact that he arrived in the village two days before Christmas strung to such a holiday pitch of expectation that, if you were a respectable, bewhiskered first citizen like Jimsy's host, you felt the cut-and-dried dignity of a season which unflinching thrift had taught you to pare of all its glittering non-essentials, threatened by his bubbling air of faith in something wonderful to happen. He had arrived at twilight, just as the first citizen was about to read his evening paper, and he had made a great deal of noise, yelling back at old Austin White, whose sleigh had conveyed him from the station to the house, a "S'long, Uncle!" pregnant with the friendliness of a conversational ride. He had scraped away his snow-heels with a somewhat sustained noise, born perhaps of shyness, and now, as he stood in the center of the prim, old-fashioned room, a thin, eager youngster not too warmly clad for the bite of the New England wind, Abner Sawyer felt with a sense of shock that this city urchin whom Judith had promised to "Christmas," detracted, in some ridiculous manner, from the respectability of the room. He was an inharmonious note in its staid preciseness. Moreover, it was evident from the frank friendliness of his dark, gray eyes that he was perniciously of that type who frolic through a frosty, first-citizen aura of informality and give and accept friendship as a matter of course.

The Call of The Wild

Author : Retold by John Kennet
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
ISBN 13 : 8121941202
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book The Call of The Wild written by Retold by John Kennet and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Stories in Easy English

Wild Mercy

Author : Mirabai Starr
Publisher : Sounds True
ISBN 13 : 1683643356
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Wild Mercy written by Mirabai Starr and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild Mercy is essential reading for anyone ready to awaken the feminine mystic within and birth her loving, creative, and untamed power into the world. “Mystical brilliance at its best.” —Caroline Myss “No one can take us into the fiery and tender depths of the sacred feminine with more skill, humor, clarity, and vibrant naked honesty than Mirabai Starr.” —Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope and The Return of the Mother We live in a world that has suffered the abuses of an unbalanced masculine rule for thousands of years—but the feminine is rising. “Seeds of feminine wisdom that have been quietly germinating underground are now breaking through the surface,” writes Mirabai Starr. “Women everywhere are rising to the collective call to step up and repair our broken Earth. And we are activating a paradigm shift such as the world has never seen.” With Wild Mercy, Mirabai shares the subversive wisdom and fierce compassion of the feminine mystic across cultural boundaries and throughout history. From saints and sages, to goddesses and archetypal energies, to contemporary teachers and seekers—you’ll meet women who blazed a path that will illuminate your own. Each chapter explores a different facet of feminine mysticism through a tapestry of teachings, reflections, and stories, along with a practice for integrating the chapter’s themes into your own life. As you journey through these pages, you’ll explore: Taking refuge in contemplative practice with St. Teresa of Avila and the ShekinahLonging, embodiment, and union as the heart of feminine spiritual practice with the Hindu poet Mirabai and Mary MagdaleneYour relationship with the Earth, motherhood in all its forms, and a loving call to action alongside Gaia and Ix ChelCommunity and the web of life with Indra, the Beguines, and female prophets throughout historyWild, playful, and compassionate mercy with Tara and Kuan YinFinding joy in creativity and the arts with Saraswati and Chiyo-niMore inspiration from archetypal goddesses and amazing women past and present—Julian of Norwich, the Sufi saint Rabia, Pachamama, Sophia, Old Spider Woman, Hildegard of Bingen, Demeter, Kali, and more Wild Mercy provides a much-needed alternative to the models of religion and spirituality that have dominated history. Here, Mirabai invites you to welcome the wisdom of women back into the collective field where it may transform the human family, heal the ravaged Earth, and awaken the divine love in our hearts.

Occupied Vicksburg

Author : Bradley R. Clampitt
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807163392
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Occupied Vicksburg written by Bradley R. Clampitt and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, Vicksburg, Mississippi, assumed almost mythic importance in the minds of Americans: northerners and southerners, soldier and civilian. The city occupied a strategic and commanding position atop rocky cliffs above the Mississippi River, from which it controlled the great waterway. As a result, Federal forces expended enormous effort, expense, and troops in many attempts to capture Vicksburg. The immense struggle for this southern bastion ultimately heightened its importance beyond its physical and strategic value. Its psychological significance elevated the town’s status to one of the war’s most important locations. Vicksburg’s defiance dismayed northerners and delighted Confederates, who saw command of the river as a badge of honor. Finally, after a six-week siege that involved intense military and civilian suffering amid heavy artillery bombardment, Union forces captured the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy,” ending the bloody campaign. While many historians have told the story of the fall of Vicksburg, Bradley R. Clampitt is the first to offer a comprehensive examination of life there after its capture by the United States military. In the war-ravaged town, indiscriminate hardships befell soldiers and civilians alike during the last two years of the conflict and immediately after its end. In Occupied Vicksburg, Clampitt shows that following the Confederate withdrawal, Federal forces confronted myriad challenges in the city including filth, disease, and a never-ending stream of black and white refugees. Union leaders also responded to the pressures of newly free people and persistent guerrilla violence in the surrounding countryside. Detailing the trials of blacks, whites, northerners, and southerners, Occupied Vicksburg stands as a significant contribution to Civil War studies, adding to our understanding of military events and the home front. Clampitt’s astute research provides insight into the very nature of the war and enhances existing scholarship on the experiences of common people during America’s most cataclysmic event.

Argonne Days in World War I

Author : Horace L. Baker
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826217087
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Argonne Days in World War I written by Horace L. Baker and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007-03-07 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whether slaves or free men, African Americans were generally excluded from military service until Emancipation. Many Americans know the story of the United States Colored Troops, who broke racial barriers in Civil War combat, and of the "buffalo soldiers," who served in the West after that conflict, but African Americans also served in segregated militia units in twenty-three states. This book tells the story of that experience in Kansas." "Roger Cunningham examines a lost history to show that, in addition to black regulars, hundreds of other black militiamen and volunteers from the Sunflower State provided military service from the Civil War until the dawn of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

The Gates of Kut

Author : Lindsay Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Gates of Kut written by Lindsay Russell and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rose of Rostrevor (an Episode of the Boyne Water)

Author : Robert Montgomerie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rose of Rostrevor (an Episode of the Boyne Water) written by Robert Montgomerie and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Varieties in verse

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Varieties in verse written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gathering to Save a Nation

Author : Stephen D. Engle
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469629348
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Gathering to Save a Nation written by Stephen D. Engle and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rich study of Union governors and their role in the Civil War, Stephen D. Engle examines how these politicians were pivotal in securing victory. In a time of limited federal authority, governors were an essential part of the machine that maintained the Union while it mobilized and sustained the war effort. Charged with the difficult task of raising soldiers from their home states, these governors had to also rally political, economic, and popular support for the conflict, at times against a backdrop of significant local opposition. Engle argues that the relationship between these loyal-state leaders and Lincoln's administration was far more collaborative than previously thought. While providing detailed and engaging portraits of these men, their state-level actions, and their collective cooperation, Engle brings into new focus the era's complex political history and shows how the Civil War tested and transformed the relationship between state and federal governments.

Tarnished Victory

Author : William Marvel
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547428065
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Tarnished Victory written by William Marvel and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical look at the the fourth year of Lincoln's administration and the conclusion of the author's four-volume re-examination of the Civil War.

The Guerrilla Hunters

Author : Brian D. McKnight
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807164992
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Guerrilla Hunters written by Brian D. McKnight and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Civil War, irregular warfare—including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics—thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors in these conflicts, from the Confederate-authorized Partisan Rangers, a military force directed to spy on, harass, and steal from Union forces, to men like John Gatewood, who deserted the Confederate army in favor of targeting Tennessee civilians believed to be in sympathy with the Union. With a foreword by Kenneth W. Noe and an afterword by Daniel E. Sutherland, this collection represents an impressive array of the foremost experts on guerrilla fighting in the Civil War. Providing new interpretations of this long-misconstrued aspect of warfare, these scholars go beyond the conventional battlefield to examine the stories of irregular combatants across all theaters of the Civil War, bringing geographic breadth to what is often treated as local and regional history. The Guerrilla Hunters shows that instances of unorthodox combat, once thought isolated and infrequent, were numerous, and many clashes defy easy categorization. Novel methodological approaches and a staggering diversity of research and topics allow this volume to support multiple areas for debate and discovery within this growing field of Civil War scholarship.

Ben Halley's Crew

Author : Henry G. Kidd
Publisher : Sherbrooke, Que. : Page Print.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Ben Halley's Crew written by Henry G. Kidd and published by Sherbrooke, Que. : Page Print.. This book was released on 1923 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Maurice Dering

Author : George Alfred Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Maurice Dering written by George Alfred Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Argonne Days

Author : Horace Leonard Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Argonne Days written by Horace Leonard Baker and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I memoir by Horace Baker, a Greenwood Springs native and Aberdeen, Mississippi schoolteacher Horace Leonard Baker who entered the U.S. Army as a private in 1918 and fought with the American Expeditionary Forces 32nd Division 128th Infantry Regiment under General John Pershing including the Meuse-Argonne offensive better known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest.

Shannivar

Author : Deborah J. Ross
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756409209
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Shannivar written by Deborah J. Ross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to The Seven-Petaled Shield finds fierce warrior woman Shannivar joining forces with Zevaron, the heir to the magical Seven-Petaled Shield, to battle monstrous stone-drakes from the far northern regions who serve a legendary, evil embodiment of chaos.

The Runcible Jones Box Set

Author : Ian Irvine
Publisher : Santhenar Trust
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1744 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Runcible Jones Box Set written by Ian Irvine and published by Santhenar Trust. This book was released on 2019-05-17 with total page 1744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold. In a world terrified of magic, a boy is abandoned to the worst school in the world – Grimdgrim. A place designed to crush all magic out of him. But Runcible Jones has to learn magic, to uncover the truth about his father’s death on another world. Hurled through a gate to magical Iltior, Runcible’s arrival begins a war that will spread to Earth. But why is Lord Shambles, the blackest sorcerer on Iltior, hunting him? To uncover the truth, Runcible must fight the dreadful sorcerer, but even if he wins, nothing will ever be the same again. After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war to Earth, and so much power has been drained that the world is on the verge of collapse. Unfortunately, Earth’s weapons are useless against this enemy. Only Runcible Jones can stop him, though it’s an impossible battle – a fourteen-year-old boy against the most terrible sorcerer on two worlds. Runcible will need every bit of his courage and cunning to save Earth. Praise for the Series “A great book for rainy days and lazy afternoons.” John Cohen, Reading Time “A well written and exciting series.” Northern Daily Leader “A great read.” Book Bites